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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
3
A reader from ? North Carolina praises Dr King s New Life Pill claiming relief for chronic indigestion after spending over two hundred dollars with no results. The ad notes a guarantee by Dreier Bra drug stores and lists the testimonial as a selling point.
Fort Wayne fair promoters plan a grand display with a huge balloon and an exhibition billed as old fashioned yet bigger. Officials promise a race card, stock exhibit and many premium prizes, urging favorable weather for the event September 15 to 19 and aiming to attract home growers with strong premiums for corn and grammy toys.
Details of a Methodist church trial at Mentonn, involving Rev. Johnson and others, were outlined. The trial, to be held at the Bakers Hall in Blutiten, will decide on the possible removal of the offending minister, with a formal investigation to follow if needed.
The report details campaign speeches and organizational plans for a national effort involving key figures such as Gene T. Collen Dupont of Delaware and Jefe, with speakers bureaus, regional chairmen, and fundraising roles outlined. It notes travel from Chicago to Utica and New York, meetings with leaders, and preparations for a northern campaign as well as plans to mobilize support in Vermont, Maine, and New England.
The Whitewater United Brethren Conference held in Whitewater announced year assignments for district presiding elders and ministers. Bishop Matthews read the list naming presiding elders J T Roberts Andersonville and others, with many ministerial appointments across Indiana and nearby towns. The conference also named G E Shannon general home missionary and C H Stratton as conference evangelist to Dawson, with J T Roberts elected to succeed Presiding Elder James in the Marion district.
Rise Bureau reports Hen Island Electric Power Company plans to impose fourteen hour days for laborers at the Buchanan dam construction starting September, with about 1,000 workers affected. Indefinite duration, water project involvement noted.
A Kosciusko County man faces fraud charges after a string of alleged financial schemes surfaced in Warsaw. Local authorities reported the case naming the defendant and detailing the alleged acts, with official inquiries underway and potential court dates forthcoming in the area.
Hirschman family gathering at Palestine described with faded OCR text mentioning attendees, locations, and names like Nugent and Goel in a dated community notice. The fragmentary item suggests a family reunion or social event with mixed legible and garbled segments.
A long column of local notices from Warsaw to Decatur details community events. Highlights include lake resort visits, church services, town meetings, school announcements, and personal travel. Mentions Winona Lake games, Warsaw charity drives, and upcoming lectures, with many family visits and local business notices.
For sale one urap and get of Namesy. Inquire of AL flor teraley. 212 Dust Muin street.
LaGrange Ind August 17 The paving project in LaGrange will be completed Tuesday afternoon and readied for general traffic. The finish promises improved appearance and town pride as surveyor Keith plans next week to begin assessments, ensuring local work is finished with payment of charges.
In Kosciusko County a suit was filed by George Miller of near Warsaw against the German Baptist Brethren church section, seeking partition of property and appointment of a commissioner to sell land and divide proceeds among owners. Wood and Bowser of Warsaw represent the plaintiff. Eagles Family Reunion Held at Indian Village Albion records eighty five attendees. Leander Eagles hosted a gathering with relatives from Havana, Chicago, Michigan and nearby towns.
In Poughkeepsie New York Aug 17 Mrs Spooner a widow while temporarily insane last night gave her four children morphine. This morning she attempted to shoot herself. One child is dead and two more are in serious condition. Mrs Spooner is in the hospital unconscious.
By Kist News Bureau Silver Lake Indiana August 17 a group of about twenty colored men long known for meetings at Alpide Glenn park broke camp Monday and left for Winchester. In public view before a crowd near two thousand, they killed a fat calf and staged a Jericho wall falling demonstration reflecting a protest or ritual tied to a local antebellum era event.
George Miller of near Warsaw, Qa mands partition case enters court. The docket notes a German Baptist Church defendant facing pending action as details remain unclear in the fragmented OCR record.
Wolcot tville mourns as former resident dies in California on August 4. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at One Bantlet Church with Rev Lorett conducting. The deceased had long lived in Wolcottribe before moving to California after his wife’s death six months prior. He left behind wide ties of acquaintances in Wolcottribe.
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